People
Executive Leadership of the GSC
Group Leaders
Management & Administration

Sue Zha

Paul Lythgo, B.Sc., PMP

George Yang, B.Sc.

Jessica Kum

Leslie Alfaro, PhD, PMP

Jessica Nelson

Stephanie McInnis, PhD, PMP
Brendan O'Huiginn
Associate Faculty

Dr. Marco Marra, OC, OBC, PhD, FRS(C), FCAHS, LLD (hon), DSc (hon)

Dr. Steven Jones, PhD, FRS(C), FCAHS, FRCP(Edin)

Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson, PhD

Dr. Robert Holt, PhD

Dr. Gregg Morin, PhD

Dr. Marianne Sadar, PhD

Dr. Sharon Gorski, PhD

Dr. Aly Karsan, MD

Dr. Inanc Birol, PhD

Dr. Martin Hirst, PhD

Dr. Ryan Morin, PhD

Dr. Isabella Tai, MD/PhD, FRCP(C)

Dr. Nadine Caron, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Dr. Alexander Wyatt, PhD

Dr. Laura Evgin, PhD

Dr. Adi Steif, PhD
Stephen Yip, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Neuropathologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Residency training director, Neuropathology program
Joseph F. Costello, PhD
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
Karen Osney Brownstein Endowed Chair in Molecular Neuro-Oncology
University of California San Francisco
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Janessa Laskin, MD, FRCPC
Medical Oncologist
BC Cancer
Dean Regier, PhD
Senior Scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute
Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
Director of the Academy of Translational Medicine (ATM) in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine
Sam Wiseman, BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
Sam Aparicio, FRCPath, FRSC
Head, Department of Molecular Oncology, BC Cancer
Phil Hieter, PhD
Professor, Medical Genetics
Michael Smith Laboratories
University of British Columbia
William Hsiao, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Kasmintan Schrader, MBBS, FRCPC, PhD, DABMG
Co-Medical Director and Physician, Hereditary Cancer Program
BC Cancer
My Linh Thibodeau, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Physician, Hereditary Cancer Program
BC Cancer
Ali Bashashati, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
University of British Columbia